Sunday, February 16, 2014

Strauss ex Machina's Satire of "the Scene"

The following was passed on to us by Katti Cernak in the comments of another post and, while I am a bit late posting it, it is too glorious not to. Strauss has managed to parody just about everything, the good, the bad, and the ugly from what I lovingly refer to as dude-dustrial. The trance noises and boring beats, the misogynistic lyrics, the stupid porn samples, the outfits, very very nice. I almost shot tea out of my nose reading the German lyrics. Take a look below, and don't forget to follow along in the lyrics. To read Strauss' own commentary, read the about section under the video at the original link.

(The only issue I have with this video is making fun of small dicks, because it feeds into the mainstream stupid culture, and as a transphobic one, but I'll let it slide because the rest of this is stellar).

I just want to add some more funny stuff to this: From Strauss reading the Coilhouse-article and the idea arose, 'til he was completely finished with this song, it took two days. AND. Thomas Rainer posted the youtube-link on his personal facebook profile page saying "he really liked it", and so did NM:s fans! *mind blown by meta-meta irony*

Rot and Assimilate... or hopefully not

This blog aspires to combat the growing trend of misogyny, racism, and other busted shite in industrial (and goth and related) music and videos. We recommend reading the first entry on this site to understand our reasons for analyzing and criticizing. We also make posi posts about music that is not oppressive and jacked.

We welcome discussion and constructive criticism. After all, even the authors don't agree with each other on everything- though they are both unusually tall and agree on lots.

NOTE ON COMMENTING: We now moderate comments before posting. We post most of them that are not absolutely awful, but this blog has attracted a lot of neo-fascists, racists, misogynists, and homophobes, so we feel they don't deserve any airtime.

About the Authors:

Corvus Strigiform is a rivet-headed, radical, queer transgender butch who sometimes prefers the company of nonhuman animals to that of humans, and uses the word "misogyny" too much. Probably because there is too much of it. Many of their other writings can be found at The Weightless State Between Here and There.

Anarchiteuthis is an overeducated anarchist white lady mired in student debt, bringing the dance, and riding bikes e v e r y w h e r e. She can be found eating all the vegan things, stretching at the barre, lifting weights, and wearing tight black pants. She favors total fucking liberation and a trans-inclusive 21st century version of lesbian separatism.